Westmont Upper Yoder High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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A, OUR BOYS' CLUB October 2, 1936. Dear Diary, In a few minutes I shall go to the first meeting of the Boys' Club. I understand from the fellows that the purpose of the programs this year is to give an appraisal of contemporary life. Mr. Mcllnay, the faculty adviser, and the officers decide the policies of the club. I think they are to be congratulated on their decisions. It is about time to go down to the auditorium now. I am anxious to see 'Charles Price, our president, take charge of this first meeting. Later The program was very Worthwhile. Mr. Robinson made a comparison between the hard knocks that have to be taken in athletics to gain perfection, and the corresponding distasteful -duties that have to be performed to achieve success in life. Mr. Engh and Mr. Shappell gave informal talks on football, Coach Engh illustrating his points with some of his famous stories. Mr. Shalppell made a few general but very appropriate remarks. We were very pleasantly surprised when the faculty quartet, composed of Mr. Ackley, Mr. lingh, Mr. James, and Mr. Shappell, sang 'tAlma lVIateI ' and the Bulldog on the Bank. November 6, 1936. I was impressed with the many phases of Rev. Fultonls trip to California, as he related them in our meeting. He told us of the unusual places he had visited, diderent customs he had seen, and various types of people he had met. I enjoyed hearing of his excursion through the Redwood Park, where, he explained, the giant and oldest living trees stand. He gave us a very good description of a group of religious fanatics who live in Arizona and display their devotion by self-torture. Our president introduced another interesting speaker to us today--Dr. E. C. Boyer, who presented a travelogue of his trip to Alaska. tThe Girls' League members were our guests.l The technicolor pictures and his comments captivated the entire assembly. Many of the pic- tures taken from an airplane which flew his party into the interior showed the smoking volcanoes and the beautiful timber-clad mountains covered with snow. Dr. Boyer said the terrain became more Ibarren as the party proceeded northward. They were lost for fourteen days and spent most of their time hunting. Pictures of animal life and trophies were shown. This hunter and traveler thrilled me with his adventures. BOYS' CLUB OFFICERS Left to right: Freeman Fullerton. Charles Price. Carl Hino.

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November 14, 1936 Now that the last game of the season has been played, I like to look back over the football season, and think of the fellows who were my team mates in the games. Captain Jule Little, the full back, leaves two outstanding impressions with me: first, of his punting, which so often set opponents backg and second, of the pleasure and joy it was to know he was backing up the line with bone-crushing' tackles. . Jim Caddy, right end. I shall remember for the pass he caught against Franklin and the many times he started even with everyone else and smashed plays before they got started. Bob Mowery, right tackle, was one great guy to play next to on a line when the going became tough. Many opponents fell by the wayside when he started his dynamic charge. 'tRed Hess, back, was most assuredly the slowest getting out to practice, but once he got in a game he played hard and moved fast. Innumerable are the tim-es he came speedily up to smash a play on the line of scrimmage or to make long gains tor the Red and Gray. Jim Maley. left guard, held his own against all?comers. Catholic High backs whom he flattened coul.l vouch for this. Many would-be tacklers were properly set down when Jim ran interferences. Chizzie Emeigh, back, was the speed king of the squad, as so many tacklers found out to their dismay. Although he misjudged several punts, his elusiveness enabl-ed him to evade many tacklers. Tom Ro-dgers, center, was another bulwark in backing up the line, few were bad passes he sent to backs. Even with a heavy, wet ball, as in the Adams Township game, he passed the ball unerringly. Bob Harley, right guard. f'tJule Little writing for Bob J. Ball carriers learned to know Bob a great deal better after one fateful trip over guard. He played a great deal of the game in the oppo- nent's backfield. The enemy's favorite expression was t'Get that guy, or he'll get us. Al Jones, combination back and end, gave remarkable performances in both positions. He spilled most plays that came his way. His blocking aided backs in gaining many precious yards, and his near perfect passes counted for many more yards. Pee.Wee Tredennick, tackle, whose immense hands stopped more than one opposing ambitious back, was the big man of the squad. When he started accelerating his huge fram-e into the enemy's backtfield, I was always sure things would happen, and not to him. Andy Bezek, back, proved his merits in the many left-handed passes which 'he threw. Many times he started around on a reverse, a threat in itself, only to fade back and rifle a bullet pass into the enemy's secondary. Budie ' Budash, end, wreaked great havoc on enemy backs who had the nerve to think they could traiinple on his one hundred and thirty-five pounds. Many a punter was greatly harried by Buddfe'sl' speedv rus es. ' The loyalty ofthe second squad, the subs, and the managers has been very helpful and will not be forgotten soon. Finally and outstanding among my memories ist the work and leadership of Coaches Engh and Robinson. I. as well as the rest of the boys, shall always treasure the memory of how they labored with us and taught us the lessons in both football and life. K l . 'i QE. A . I., SCENES FROM FRANKLIN vs. WESTIWONT U-Y. GAME

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- , GIRLS' LEAGUE CABINET Left to right: Nancy Cohoe, Peggy Harmon, Virginia Wright, Betty Glosser, Elizabeth Anderson. Jane Biouqh, Mary Janc Ncvotnev. Sara Rrickner. Joan Maiorana. Rosalie Chanlin. GIRLS' LEAGUE THEATER Recorded by Nancy Cohoe October 2, 1936. Dear Diary, At the first affair of the year for the Girls' League, the freshman girls were introduced to their big sisters. They Hmixedn well with the upper-classmen and seemed to have a fine time except when refreshments were servedg then, alas, the upper-classmen forgot their 'tlittle sisters and exclaimed, Ev-ery girl for herself . Much as it pains me to say it, there wasn't enough food to go around. No hard feelingsg we had fun anyway. November 6, 1936. After the Girls' League meeting today, the girls w-ere humming l Feel Like a Feather in the Breeze . You see, diary, we had a dancing' lesson. The girls who could dance taught those who could not. The program was particularly appropriate 'because it carried out one of the important phases of our theme, Arts as Avocationsv. December 4, l 936. Thi' Gi1'1S' I-928116 .l0iU9ll Olll' SISWI' Girl Reserves for a doubly fine program. Our portion of the program was a miniature concert played bb' MISS Elilallefh Nlf'PlY, 21 taleiltell YOUUH pianist of our city. February 5, 1937. Goodness, we have skipped a meeting again, but it could not be helped, for other affairs had to take the place of our meetings. We did, however, have a particularly line programg with the Boys' Club, we enjoyed Dr. Boyer's pictures of his Alaskan t1'ip. April 2, 1937. We had a grand time today drinking 'tpunch at the Tea Dance, the hrst of such affairs held in our gym this year. There was a small admission fee to cover the cost of having our picture in the Phoenician. May 10, 1937. A Mother-Daughter Tea is always the perfect way to end a Girls' League Year. This year the Tea, characterized by bright spring frocks, luscious cakes, and bountiful good-will between all the mothers and girls, climaxed the activities of the League. 'EEE